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>> susan, the election results are in in the state of florida. cnn can now confirm that president obama has won the state of florida. he edges out governor mitt romney 50.1% of the vote going to president obama. he edges out the governor who won 49.13% of the vote, just over eight million votes cast. with the win, president obama absorbs the 29 electoral votes and tops mitt romney in the final electoral vote count. 332 to 206. again, just in to cnn. we're breaking in now. we are calling the election state of florida goes to president obama. susan? >> all right. nick, thank you. finally, it came in after all those folks in florida waited in line tirelessly to vote. >>> checking today's other top stories, new details about the surprising resignation of cia director david petraeus. the retired four star general announcing he was stepping down. he made that announcement yesterday citing an extramarital affair. a u.s. official tells cnn the fbi was investigating allegations petraeus was having an affair with his biographer paula broadwell. the officia
>> susan, the election results are in in the state of florida. cnn can now confirm that president obama has won the state of florida. he edges out governor mitt romney 50.1% of the vote going to president obama. he edges out the governor who won 49.13% of the vote, just over eight million votes cast. with the win, president obama absorbs the 29 electoral votes and tops mitt romney in the final electoral vote count. 332 to 206. again, just in to cnn. we're breaking in now. we are calling...
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politics now, and we finally have a winner in florida. cnn projects that president obama will win the state. this is based on updated vote totals released yesterday. meanwhile florida governor rick scott is ordering a review of the election process in his state. people there waited in line for hours, even after polls closed in somt parts of south florida. >>> well, it is never too early to start looking ahead, so we asked cnn political editor paul steinhauser to start handicapping the 2016 presidential race. >> call it the never-ending campaign. when one election ends, the next one begins. >> i have just called president obama to congratulate him. >> i just spoke with governor romney, and i congratulated him and paul ryan on a hard-fought campaign. >> with the 2012 campaign barely in the rear view mirror, we're already talking about the next president in the white house. does the popular gop senator in florida have designs on running for the next republican nomination. a source close says that's way too premature. but it's always good to
politics now, and we finally have a winner in florida. cnn projects that president obama will win the state. this is based on updated vote totals released yesterday. meanwhile florida governor rick scott is ordering a review of the election process in his state. people there waited in line for hours, even after polls closed in somt parts of south florida. >>> well, it is never too early to start looking ahead, so we asked cnn political editor paul steinhauser to start handicapping the...
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it has to start in florida. he needs the 29. without them, almost impossible. we lean north carolina his way and he has to keep it. the obama campaign says it is not out of play. it is trending republican and he needs to keep it and match it by getting neighboring virginia. if he does that, and he can get ohio, no republican has ever won without it, if governor romney can win those four, florida, north carolina, virginia and ohio, look at that. then he needs just any one off the menu. he could win colorado, new hampshire, and he would win the election. the romney campaign says it has an enthusiastic edge and the president has had an edge in most of the polls in ohio. can governor romney get there without ohio? no republican has ever done it in history. no one ever. he would have to win colorado. he would have to win wisconsin. he would probably have to win iowa and that would get him over the ton. so hard to see him not winning ohio and winning wisconsin and iowa. can he get there without it? yes. probable? probably not. >> ohio, ohio, ohio as we're saying. don
it has to start in florida. he needs the 29. without them, almost impossible. we lean north carolina his way and he has to keep it. the obama campaign says it is not out of play. it is trending republican and he needs to keep it and match it by getting neighboring virginia. if he does that, and he can get ohio, no republican has ever won without it, if governor romney can win those four, florida, north carolina, virginia and ohio, look at that. then he needs just any one off the menu. he could...
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he has to win the state of florida. he needs florida. he has to take north carolina. we already had him leaning that way and he has to take virginia as well. that would get governor romney there. then the governor romney's most reasonable scenario is to take ohio. no republican has ever won without i9. if governor romney can get those votes plus virginia around north carolina, that would get him to 266. over here in the east, he would need just one more. any one of the remaining states, if governor romney can do florida, virginia, north carolina and ohio, any one of the remaining states would put him over the top. that's what makes this one so, so important. so if he does that, then he's got a pretty interesting terrain. he's competitive in colorado, this one tends to be leaning democratic. the romney campaign says it's competitive, but consistent polling in the wisconsin. this one here, romney campaign says it's competitive, let's for hypothetical let's say that's a safer pick to give that to the president. i'm going to take it back and make it a tossup state again.
he has to win the state of florida. he needs florida. he has to take north carolina. we already had him leaning that way and he has to take virginia as well. that would get governor romney there. then the governor romney's most reasonable scenario is to take ohio. no republican has ever won without i9. if governor romney can get those votes plus virginia around north carolina, that would get him to 266. over here in the east, he would need just one more. any one of the remaining states, if...
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it was amazing. >> we know the results now, we are still waiting for florida. you call this the gop-ocalypse. it seems extreme to say it is the death of the american party. what is dying, what is the catastrophic end that you're talking about? >> this is the worst election in 20 years and the reason is they can't build a proper coalition. when you have a trainer and you can't just work on your abs, you have to work on your whole body. coalitions are the same way. well, now we need latinos. or now we need this. policies that attract different groups of people to win national elections. if the gop doesn't do that, they'll keep losing national elections. >> marco rubio will host a birthday party for terry brandstead. snf to put a his spannic face on the policies? can you repackage what they have? >> no, no, ask al sharpton and herman cain. just because you put a minority person up there does not mean you're going to get minority votes and just because you have a woman running for office doesn't mean you will have women's votes. you have to have someone who is offe
it was amazing. >> we know the results now, we are still waiting for florida. you call this the gop-ocalypse. it seems extreme to say it is the death of the american party. what is dying, what is the catastrophic end that you're talking about? >> this is the worst election in 20 years and the reason is they can't build a proper coalition. when you have a trainer and you can't just work on your abs, you have to work on your whole body. coalitions are the same way. well, now we need...
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the romney campaign has conceded the race in florida. and for the first time since superstorm sandy hit new york, the lights on the statute of liberty were on. it is still closed. >>> in new jersey, chris christie says most areas of the state will have power by tonight. about 160,000 lost power because of the nor'easter that hit this week. >> life will be back for most of new jersey to normal come sunday. why do i mean, let's start with power. we backtracked slightly due to the nor'easter, after talking to them last night and this morning, my belief is that we will have almost 100% restoration by saturday night. >> you saw those dreadfully long lines on election day, how can we forget them, right? so what can states do to make sure that it doesn't happen again? or should the federal government maybe step in? it's an option and we're talking about it next. what if there was a new way to deal with money that focused less on fees and more... on what matters? maybe your bank account is taking too much time and maybe it's costing too much mon
the romney campaign has conceded the race in florida. and for the first time since superstorm sandy hit new york, the lights on the statute of liberty were on. it is still closed. >>> in new jersey, chris christie says most areas of the state will have power by tonight. about 160,000 lost power because of the nor'easter that hit this week. >> life will be back for most of new jersey to normal come sunday. why do i mean, let's start with power. we backtracked slightly due to the...
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. >>> new information in the finances of jill kelley and her husband scott, the florida couple caught up in the scandal. they started a cancer charity back in 2005, shortly after they moved to tampa, they dissolved it a couple of years later and they are facing several money drops. what have you learned? >> another twisted part of the tale. public records show as jill kelley was entertaining top military brass in her backyard, she and her husband, scott del kelley, were battling a bank in court because the bank says they weren't paying their mortgage. the red brick house we've been showing on tampa's exclusive bay shore drive, purchased in 2004 for 1$1.5 million. four years later, regions bank filed to foreclose on the kell kelleys, because the bank said they hadn't sent in a mortgage payment since september 2009. records we've seen show that they owe at least 250,000, probably more. and our search of florida records show there are at least nine other lawsuits involving money and the kelley family. >> a lot of lawsuits. what about the charity the couple began? >> it was called the dr.
. >>> new information in the finances of jill kelley and her husband scott, the florida couple caught up in the scandal. they started a cancer charity back in 2005, shortly after they moved to tampa, they dissolved it a couple of years later and they are facing several money drops. what have you learned? >> another twisted part of the tale. public records show as jill kelley was entertaining top military brass in her backyard, she and her husband, scott del kelley, were battling...
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, he had a big crowd down in florida. he's getting lots of enthusiastic support. i know in my own state of maryland we have a long lines of people who are at the polls, waiting to vote. so, there's no doubt the president's going to get out of the vote and again, persuade those last-minute voters. the fact that you have the romney campaign running these ads and the auto industry so deceptive that the folks at gm and chrysler had to call them on it, it's a sign of their desperation. >> in 2010 you lived through this. democrats lost 63 seats in the house, the most for either party since 1938 because there was a surge of older, conservative voters all across the country for the republican party. how concerned are you that the models the pollsters are using is not going to predict the actual electorate that we're going to see tomorrow on election day? >> well i think you're already seeing, ron, big additional turnouts. the turnout is bigger and the mix of voters is very different than 2010. and you have a couple other major di
, he had a big crowd down in florida. he's getting lots of enthusiastic support. i know in my own state of maryland we have a long lines of people who are at the polls, waiting to vote. so, there's no doubt the president's going to get out of the vote and again, persuade those last-minute voters. the fact that you have the romney campaign running these ads and the auto industry so deceptive that the folks at gm and chrysler had to call them on it, it's a sign of their desperation. >> in...
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and our search of florida records show there are at least nine other lawsuits involving money and the kelley family. >> a lot of lawsuits. what about the charity the couple began? >> it was called the dr. kelley cancer foundation. started in 2005. charity was formed according to the tax filings to "conduct research into efforts to discover ways to improve the quality of life of terminally ill cancer patients." sure sounded good. they filed a tax return in 2008 and what did it do? it raised $157,000 in contributions, spent the same amount on expenses. no record of cancer research. no record of care for patients and a source told us that the matching amounts of the charity's first year are very unusual. the kelley charity spent $43,000, and $317,000 on meals and entertainment, and more than $8,000 on automobile expenses and dues and subscriptions of $6,700. they listed money spent on program services. we have no idea what it was, never explained and we have no idea how the charity raised $157,000 in the first place. it was dissolved in 2007, and dr. kelley cancer foundation never regist
and our search of florida records show there are at least nine other lawsuits involving money and the kelley family. >> a lot of lawsuits. what about the charity the couple began? >> it was called the dr. kelley cancer foundation. started in 2005. charity was formed according to the tax filings to "conduct research into efforts to discover ways to improve the quality of life of terminally ill cancer patients." sure sounded good. they filed a tax return in 2008 and what did...
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they are in florida. it could have been that the families were at the beach and he sent a picture of himself and others in swimsuits. we just don't know that at this point, if it was that type of picture or if it really was a lewd picture. a lot has been said about him being on the case and removed from the case. he was never the case agent. she went to him because she knew him and they were friends and said she had received these threatening e-mails. he reports that in the tampa office and it's immediately assigned to the people who are experts, the cyber squad. agent on that cyber squad would have been designated case agent. he was never the case agent. i think part of the reason he is under investigation now is at a later date when he was not in the loop of what was going on with the investigation, he felt like it wasn't proceeding fast enough or maybe there was something going on in washington that was forwarding the continued investigation. and he took it upon himself, apparently -- or reportedly to
they are in florida. it could have been that the families were at the beach and he sent a picture of himself and others in swimsuits. we just don't know that at this point, if it was that type of picture or if it really was a lewd picture. a lot has been said about him being on the case and removed from the case. he was never the case agent. she went to him because she knew him and they were friends and said she had received these threatening e-mails. he reports that in the tampa office and...
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florida has been counting vots longer than any other state again. four days after the hotly contested swing state battle, cnn is projecting president barack obama as the winner. with some provisional ballots still to be counted, it's close. and capitol hill is still divided with a few races too close to call. republicans will hold the edge in the house. democrats have a nine-seat lead in the senate. now to the recovery from the devastating superstorm sandy. hundreds of thousands of people in new york and new jersey are still struggling with power outages nearly two weeks after the storm. but today, some relief for new jersey. governor chris christie says he expects most of the state's power to be back tonight. >>> meanwhile, fema is saying more than $403 million in aid has been approved for storm victims. >> if you can imagine what it must be like to be without power for two weeks, you can easily understand the anger and frustration storm victims are feeling. people in one community in queens are demanding to know why there's been such a hold-up. he
florida has been counting vots longer than any other state again. four days after the hotly contested swing state battle, cnn is projecting president barack obama as the winner. with some provisional ballots still to be counted, it's close. and capitol hill is still divided with a few races too close to call. republicans will hold the edge in the house. democrats have a nine-seat lead in the senate. now to the recovery from the devastating superstorm sandy. hundreds of thousands of people in...
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the other two are florida and texas, which i found interesting. big population of veterans. >> texas is another big state. >> yeah, another big state. and the state with the highest percentage of veterans, i would have never have guessed this. >> highest percentage? >> highest percentage. the answer, alaska. 14%. >> like per capita? >> yeah, out of every 100 -- 14% of the population in alaska. there's one thing i want to remind everyone. president obama was talking about this. there are 3.5 million americans in this country who have disabilities due to their military service and they have different ratings on that in terms of their disabilities. but that's important for all of us to keep in mind. these are people whose disabilities stem from their service to the country. 3.5 million people like that. there are a lot more. during the conversation of ireport, we're celebrating the wisdom of veterans. >> extraordinary individuals who made ultimate sacrifices in so many different ways. all right, josh, thank you for that. >> you bet. >>> you heard som
the other two are florida and texas, which i found interesting. big population of veterans. >> texas is another big state. >> yeah, another big state. and the state with the highest percentage of veterans, i would have never have guessed this. >> highest percentage? >> highest percentage. the answer, alaska. 14%. >> like per capita? >> yeah, out of every 100 -- 14% of the population in alaska. there's one thing i want to remind everyone. president obama was...
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monday romney goes to florida, virginia, ohio, and new hampshire. obama counters with wisconsin, ohio, and a closing rally in iowa. the biggest surprise in that final 48 hours is romney's last minute bid in pennsylvania. polls in the state favor president obama, but not by as much as they once did. the romney campaign calls it expanding the electoral map. the obama campaign calls it a fairy tale. welcome to the parallel universe phase of the campaign. joining me is chicago mayor and former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel. let me start by showing a poll out of pennsylvania showing that the president's numbers have been slipping since september, and it's now looking like a four-point race in pennsylvania, which is inside the margin of error. are you all worried about that? >> no. i think, look, the campaign is set, and i think people remember going into this election are jobs and you just had a report friday of 171,000 jobs were created, and, candy, i think when i saw that number the fact back to january, 2009 when the president first got elec
monday romney goes to florida, virginia, ohio, and new hampshire. obama counters with wisconsin, ohio, and a closing rally in iowa. the biggest surprise in that final 48 hours is romney's last minute bid in pennsylvania. polls in the state favor president obama, but not by as much as they once did. the romney campaign calls it expanding the electoral map. the obama campaign calls it a fairy tale. welcome to the parallel universe phase of the campaign. joining me is chicago mayor and former...
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tomorrow from the granite of new hampshire to the rockies of colorado, from the coastlines of florida, to virginia's rolling hills. from the valleys of ohio to these iowa fields, we will keep america moving forward. i've come back to iowa one more time to ask for your vote. i came back to ask you to help us finish what we started. because this is where our movement for change began. right here. right here. right behind these bleachers is the building that was home to our iowa headquarters in 2008. i was just inside and it brought back a whole lot of memories. this is where some of the first young people who joined our campaign set up shop. willing to work for little pay and less sleep because they believed that people who love their country can change it. this was where so many of you who shared that belief came to help. when the heat didn't work for the first week or so. some of you brought hats and gloves for the staff. these poor kids, they weren't preparedp. when the walls inside were bare, one of you painted a mural to lift everybody's spirits. when we had a j.j. dinner to fire u
tomorrow from the granite of new hampshire to the rockies of colorado, from the coastlines of florida, to virginia's rolling hills. from the valleys of ohio to these iowa fields, we will keep america moving forward. i've come back to iowa one more time to ask for your vote. i came back to ask you to help us finish what we started. because this is where our movement for change began. right here. right here. right behind these bleachers is the building that was home to our iowa headquarters in...
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look at florida. a 40,000 vote margin and again the obama campaign outsent the romney campaign by $30 million. without us and the other outside groups, this would not have been a neck in neck election. >> let me ask you this. foster freeze, given a lot of money in primaries, kept giving. he doesn't think that television ads will work, it has to go to grass rots organizing. aren't what you are doing is really spending money on tv 's? >> one of the reasons that the obama campaign did end up winning is some of their tactics were very good. they had a good ground game and very good terms, we, as republicans, are going to have to figure out why that happened and try to match that. but that's probably a better function for political parties, and i think super pacs are better at doing advertising karl rove, evil genius, whatever you want to call him. he got it wrong this time. in the electoral college, got it wrong when he questioned ohio. is -- what's going to happen here? will it make it more difficult for
look at florida. a 40,000 vote margin and again the obama campaign outsent the romney campaign by $30 million. without us and the other outside groups, this would not have been a neck in neck election. >> let me ask you this. foster freeze, given a lot of money in primaries, kept giving. he doesn't think that television ads will work, it has to go to grass rots organizing. aren't what you are doing is really spending money on tv 's? >> one of the reasons that the obama campaign did...
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it's a tight race in florida as well. a poll shows obama leading by just two points, but a mason dixon poll gives romney the edge. 51% of likely voters say they'll vote for the republican candidate, while 45% say they'll vote for obama. so another state that could be a make or break state for both campaigns, we're talking about colorado now, which is home to nine electoral votes. in 2008, obama won that state. but in the past, it has favored republicans. kyung lah joins us from englewood, colorado, where mitt romney will be holding a rally later on today. nearly 1.5 million people have already voted in colorado there by mail-in, early voting, et cetera. what is the impact that is expected? >> well, what we're expecting is that we're going to know colorado very quickly, if it is overwhelmingly one way or the other. that's according to the secretary of state. this complicates things for those trying to get registered independents on their side, specifically mitt romney. if you look at the numbers, 85% of all registered vote
it's a tight race in florida as well. a poll shows obama leading by just two points, but a mason dixon poll gives romney the edge. 51% of likely voters say they'll vote for the republican candidate, while 45% say they'll vote for obama. so another state that could be a make or break state for both campaigns, we're talking about colorado now, which is home to nine electoral votes. in 2008, obama won that state. but in the past, it has favored republicans. kyung lah joins us from englewood,...
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no rush, it's florida. if they get it within a week that's still pretty fast for them. >> they need to get their act to the. i feel like florida, on the lines thing, on the counting thing. we are in the technological age. it is time to move and fix it. that's my editorializing this morning. let's go back to the fiscal cliff. we also should get a little counter for the fiscal cliff. 53 days. christine's got an update on what it will mean if we hit it in 53 days. >> pretty alarming report out from the congressional budget office about this. it said in the post-election report on the fiscal cliff, it will lead to a recession and a spike in unemployment to 9.1%. congress, running out of time to prevent taxes rising for everyone and to prevent across-the-board 8% to 10% cuts for agencies like the fda, cdc, border patrol, education. the cdc director has said this, the reduction will risk costly and deadly spread of disease, and failures to prevent tragic and expensive health problems. every government agency is t
no rush, it's florida. if they get it within a week that's still pretty fast for them. >> they need to get their act to the. i feel like florida, on the lines thing, on the counting thing. we are in the technological age. it is time to move and fix it. that's my editorializing this morning. let's go back to the fiscal cliff. we also should get a little counter for the fiscal cliff. 53 days. christine's got an update on what it will mean if we hit it in 53 days. >> pretty alarming...
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hurricane sandy, while he avoided attacking the president during a series of stops across the state of florida, that was not the case here in virginia. romney went after what he often hears outside some of his events from some of the president's supporters who sometimes chant "four more years," romney said it should be more like five more days. and then he went after an idea the president floated out in recent days when mr. obama talked about potentially naming a secretary of business in a second term. here's what romney had to say. >> we don't need the secretary of business to understand business. we need a president who understands business, and i do. and that's how i'll help this economy going. >> reporter: romney will spend the day in virginia where polls show the race is very tight with the president. tomorrow he heads off to wisconsin and iowa, and at an event that will kick off a multistate politics blitz that will carry into election day. jim acosta, cnn, roanoke, virginia. >> all right, thank you, jim. jim coming to us from virginia, where mitt romney will spend the whole day. was jus
hurricane sandy, while he avoided attacking the president during a series of stops across the state of florida, that was not the case here in virginia. romney went after what he often hears outside some of his events from some of the president's supporters who sometimes chant "four more years," romney said it should be more like five more days. and then he went after an idea the president floated out in recent days when mr. obama talked about potentially naming a secretary of business...
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she is the florida woman who triggered the fbi probe of petraeus. kelley says she got threatening e-mails from petraeus' mistress, paula broadwell. >>> meantime, the fbi paid a visit to paula broadwell's home. this was overnight. take a look. a team of agents spent nearly five hours searching broadwell's charlotte, north carolina home. no word on what they were looking for. >>> an executive shake-up at microsoft. steven sinofsky, head of the windows and windows live operations has left the company. his departure comes just after the launch of windows 8. sinofsky has been at the -- has been at microsoft since 1989 and was considered heir apparent by many to ceo steve ballmer. >>> so rescuers will continue their search at first light for two stranded snowboarders on mount rainier in washington state. they say they spotted the two men last night but darkness and bad weather forced them away. derrick tindall and thomas deal had to spend a second night on that mountain. they called 911 sunday to report they were trapped in a blizzard. let's go straight t
she is the florida woman who triggered the fbi probe of petraeus. kelley says she got threatening e-mails from petraeus' mistress, paula broadwell. >>> meantime, the fbi paid a visit to paula broadwell's home. this was overnight. take a look. a team of agents spent nearly five hours searching broadwell's charlotte, north carolina home. no word on what they were looking for. >>> an executive shake-up at microsoft. steven sinofsky, head of the windows and windows live operations...
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votes, but we need to pursue them, and frankly, i have been there and been the chairman of the party in florida when we used to get 60% of the vote from hispanics and a larger percentage from african-americans, but you have to have a game plan and you have to have the dedication and the resources and the commitment to show up, show respect and be there at all times, and i think that it can be done, but, frankly, we need to change the scope of our energies and the scope of our commitments. >> you see, this is not an attempt by the republicans to do something and fail. this is the lack of the attempt of the republicans to do anything at all. the first state race, state race i ever worked on was the united states senate seat in 1996. and i asked, you know, very naively, why don't we go to black churches? well, they will never vote for us. why don't we retreat to students and young people. those people never vote. well, here we are in 2012 and that is a completely different story and we need to make the attempt. >> but what i heard al say, and what president obama won because he promised free thing
votes, but we need to pursue them, and frankly, i have been there and been the chairman of the party in florida when we used to get 60% of the vote from hispanics and a larger percentage from african-americans, but you have to have a game plan and you have to have the dedication and the resources and the commitment to show up, show respect and be there at all times, and i think that it can be done, but, frankly, we need to change the scope of our energies and the scope of our commitments....
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the election is finally over and now we have a winner in florida. cnn projects that president obama won the sunshine state and its 29 electoral votes. vote totals were updated just before today's noon deadline. it increases president obama's electoral vote total 332. 270 are needed to win the white house. >>> new details in the surprise resignation of david petraeus because of an affair. u.s. official says the affair came to light because of an e-mail investigation by the fbi sparked by a complaint of harassing e-mails alleged willie sent by petraeus' biographer. she spent months in afghanistan interviewing petraeus for the book. >>> to the recovery in superstorm sandy, nearly two weeks after the storm, frustration is boiling over. >> can't get lights on for my kids. i can't get power, heat, garbage pickup? >> more than 280,000 people across the region are still without power. nj will ew jersey's governor ch christie expects power to be back statewide by tonight. he says life will be back for most of new jersey come sunday. >>> top-ranked alabama lo
the election is finally over and now we have a winner in florida. cnn projects that president obama won the sunshine state and its 29 electoral votes. vote totals were updated just before today's noon deadline. it increases president obama's electoral vote total 332. 270 are needed to win the white house. >>> new details in the surprise resignation of david petraeus because of an affair. u.s. official says the affair came to light because of an e-mail investigation by the fbi sparked...
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you can look at florida. that's a 40,000-vote margin, and again, the obama campaign outspent the romney campaign by $30 million. without us and the other outside groups, this would not have been a neck-and-neck election right through election day. >> let me ask you this, though. fost foster f rirrieze, another fundraiser, said he's not spending any more on tv ads. >> i think one of the reasons obama did end up winning was some of their tactics was very good. they had a very good ground gain and they had it targeted. we're going to have to try to figure out what that happened and try to match that, but that's probably a function of political parties, and i think superpacs are better at advertising. >> let me ask you about carl rhodes, evil genius, evil whatever you want to call him. he got it wrong this time. he got it wrong in the electoral college, and he got it wrong when he questioned ohio. what will happen with him? he's got the biggest super pac out there, or does he rise again? >> i think carl is one of
you can look at florida. that's a 40,000-vote margin, and again, the obama campaign outspent the romney campaign by $30 million. without us and the other outside groups, this would not have been a neck-and-neck election right through election day. >> let me ask you this, though. fost foster f rirrieze, another fundraiser, said he's not spending any more on tv ads. >> i think one of the reasons obama did end up winning was some of their tactics was very good. they had a very good...
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of course, there is always key west, florida, where they drop a drag queen named sushi. she has provided some top entertainment year after year. as you can see, not quite as well orchestrated as some of the other events. not sure the shoe dropped, but that's a drag performer who looks like she's about to drop. even if the shoe isn't. pretty precarious for sushi some years. i can't shake the feeling that new year's eve won't be the problem without a possum. come midnight, we'll all be thinking about possums in particular. "erin burnett outfront" starts now. in burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next. a new twist in the david petraeus scandal. tonight, general john allen, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan, part of the story. >>> and just who is the woman who seems to be at the center of it right now? jill kelley. her complaints about harassing e-mails ultimately led to petraeus' resignation. now we're learning of, quote, flirtatious e-mails she allegedly sent general allen. >>> and the latest on the fbi investigation that stumbled upon petraeus' affair
of course, there is always key west, florida, where they drop a drag queen named sushi. she has provided some top entertainment year after year. as you can see, not quite as well orchestrated as some of the other events. not sure the shoe dropped, but that's a drag performer who looks like she's about to drop. even if the shoe isn't. pretty precarious for sushi some years. i can't shake the feeling that new year's eve won't be the problem without a possum. come midnight, we'll all be thinking...
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it's florida. maybe they're sending pictures of themselves on the beach. the tawdriness grows by the hour. you might think it's hollywood but the circles of power in washington, what on earth has been going on? >> what is extraordinary about this, we're seeing pictures today of jill kelley there leaving her home, what is extraordinary and slightly more sinister and serious, i think, is what happened after this fbi agent reportedly got bounced off the case, because it would appear that he then went to a congressman to report what had happened in the belief that it may now get covered up and that that congressman then took things forward and went higher and at that point, the genie was out of the bottle. it could have been that if he hadn't been sending shirtless pictures and hadn't been laid off the case, he would never have gone higher and this genie could have stayed in the bottle. >> right. that's still going to be one of the unanswered questions, piers. why don't we take a quick second to catch up on what we actually know and the timeline of this becaus
it's florida. maybe they're sending pictures of themselves on the beach. the tawdriness grows by the hour. you might think it's hollywood but the circles of power in washington, what on earth has been going on? >> what is extraordinary about this, we're seeing pictures today of jill kelley there leaving her home, what is extraordinary and slightly more sinister and serious, i think, is what happened after this fbi agent reportedly got bounced off the case, because it would appear that he...
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we're about six days away from the certification of the votes in florida. that's all i'm going to say about that. thank you, though, for watching. suzanne malveaux begins right now with "newsroom international." >> gearing up for the president and the press this hour. want to get right to it. the scandal that brought down the head of the cia, a looming financial crisis, and lingering questions about the deadly attack on the u.s. diplomatic mission in benghazi, libya. president obama expected to face questions about all of that and much more in the next hour. president pulling his first news conference since winning re-election. we'll bring you live coverage. this hour we're taking an in-depth look at the issues likely to come up when the president meets with reporters. we'll hear from white house court reporter briana keiller and fran townsend and former governor of michigan jennifer granholm, host of "the war room" on current tv. >>> the last time the president held an official news conference, rick santorum appeared to have the edge over mitt romney in re
we're about six days away from the certification of the votes in florida. that's all i'm going to say about that. thank you, though, for watching. suzanne malveaux begins right now with "newsroom international." >> gearing up for the president and the press this hour. want to get right to it. the scandal that brought down the head of the cia, a looming financial crisis, and lingering questions about the deadly attack on the u.s. diplomatic mission in benghazi, libya. president...
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the speaker turned 63 years old today. >> a new york businessman said tampa, florida, socialite jill kelley asked him for an $80 million deal. those are some of the stories trending as we speak on cnn.com. >> an astronaut battles parkinson's disease while flying through space. we'll show you why he kept his condition a secret and how he's doing 17 years later. [ male announcer ] when a major hospital wanted to provide better employee benefits while balancing the company's bottom line, their very first word was... [ to the tune of "lullaby and good night" ] ♪ af-lac ♪ aflac [ male announcer ] find out more at... [ duck ] aflac! [ male announcer ] ...forbusiness.com. [ yawning sound ] at meineke i have options... like oil changes starting at $19.95. my money. my choice. my meineke. >>> an astronaut flies on two missions into space, then gets diagnosed with the devastating brain disease. but as our dr. sanjay gupta reports in this week's human factor, that did not stop him from getting in the space shuttle a third time. gr for most of us, this vus is the closest we'll ever get to ou
the speaker turned 63 years old today. >> a new york businessman said tampa, florida, socialite jill kelley asked him for an $80 million deal. those are some of the stories trending as we speak on cnn.com. >> an astronaut battles parkinson's disease while flying through space. we'll show you why he kept his condition a secret and how he's doing 17 years later. [ male announcer ] when a major hospital wanted to provide better employee benefits while balancing the company's bottom...
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marine corps general john allen denies an extramarital affair with jill kelly, the florida socialite whose concern over threatening e-mails led to an investigation that revealed an affair between cia director david petraeus and his biographer, paula broadwell. a pentagon official told reporters allen who commands the war in afghanistan is adamant he did nothing wrong. a senior official close to allen tells cnn of kelly there is no affair, she's a bored socialite. a u.s. official says there appears to be nothing criminal involved. but allen is now under investigation for what is called inappropriately flirtatious e-mails to kelly. >> secretary directed it be referred to inspector general of department of defense. >> the fbi found up to 35,000 pages of documents, some dating back two years during the investigation. according to a senior official close to allen, one message the afghan commander sent warned kelly she had been threatened. the official says allen had received an anonymous message, now believed to be from broadwell. the pentagon was called in because allen is subject to mil
marine corps general john allen denies an extramarital affair with jill kelly, the florida socialite whose concern over threatening e-mails led to an investigation that revealed an affair between cia director david petraeus and his biographer, paula broadwell. a pentagon official told reporters allen who commands the war in afghanistan is adamant he did nothing wrong. a senior official close to allen tells cnn of kelly there is no affair, she's a bored socialite. a u.s. official says there...
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but in florida one congressional race drags on. republican congressman allen west is losing to his democratic challenger patrick murphy. a partial recount shows murphy leading by over half a percentage point. that is not enough to trigger an automatic recount. west's campaign manager, though, is vowing to take legal action. >>> the distinguished career of general david petraeus came to a shocking end on friday when he resigned from his post as cia director after an fbi investigation exposed an extramarital affair. up until that abrupt resignation, general petraeus was slated to testify before congress about the benghazi, libya, terrorist attacks. now acting cia director mike morrell is expected to appear in his place. joining me now, cnn contributors will cain and l.z. granderson to talk about all of this. will is also a columnist for theblaze.com. l.z. is a senior writer for espn. good morning to you both. i'm going to ask you the question that most intrigues me about this sordid controversy. l.z., do you think the general should
but in florida one congressional race drags on. republican congressman allen west is losing to his democratic challenger patrick murphy. a partial recount shows murphy leading by over half a percentage point. that is not enough to trigger an automatic recount. west's campaign manager, though, is vowing to take legal action. >>> the distinguished career of general david petraeus came to a shocking end on friday when he resigned from his post as cia director after an fbi investigation...
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byu and florida state tip-off at 7 p.m. eastern and later notre dame takes on st. joseph's and their head coaches join us now. welcome, gentlemen. we're so glad you're here. >> thank you. >> good morning. good to be with you. >> great to have you here. your teams are playing each other, but you also have a common enemy. i would like each of you to tell us you how you have been touched by cancer. start with you, mike. >> my father had a malignant melanoma in the mid-'90s and it opened my eyes to this whole cancer battle. when i got the job at the university of delaware as the head coach we started a program there and then since we have been at things here at notre dame it has been very powerful. two of my starters tonight have fathers, one scott martin's father is battling cancer as we speak, and my point guard eric atkins father passed away from prostate conference when he was in tenth grade. it touches close to the heart for me. >> sure does. phil, how about you? >> well, i was fortunate not to have it in my family, but the coach that hired me at st. joseph's, jim
byu and florida state tip-off at 7 p.m. eastern and later notre dame takes on st. joseph's and their head coaches join us now. welcome, gentlemen. we're so glad you're here. >> thank you. >> good morning. good to be with you. >> great to have you here. your teams are playing each other, but you also have a common enemy. i would like each of you to tell us you how you have been touched by cancer. start with you, mike. >> my father had a malignant melanoma in the mid-'90s...
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. >>> partial recount in the hotly contested race for florida's district 18 congressional seat narrows the gap between republican congressman alan west and democrat patrick murphy slightly. but it's not enough to trigger an automatic recount. democrat murphy is still ahead by a margin of more than a half percent. west's campaign manager is vowing to take legal action. >> like what? what legal action can he take? if it doesn't trigger a recount you don't have to count it, right? >> maybe it's so law -- >> isn't there a law that 0.5% is enough? >> exactly. no recount unless it drops below that. interesting. we've also got some big news coming out of syria. opposition groups have formally agreed to unite. they're now the syrian national coalition for opposition and revolutionary forces. the move allows for more international diplomatic recognition. more funding. and better military aid. now the group's stated goal is to crack down on president bashar al assad's government, and only accept a new government. >>> listen to this, democratic senator chuck schumer says he and republican lindsey
. >>> partial recount in the hotly contested race for florida's district 18 congressional seat narrows the gap between republican congressman alan west and democrat patrick murphy slightly. but it's not enough to trigger an automatic recount. democrat murphy is still ahead by a margin of more than a half percent. west's campaign manager is vowing to take legal action. >> like what? what legal action can he take? if it doesn't trigger a recount you don't have to count it, right?...
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." >>> florida socialite whose name keeps popping up in the wrong places. lawsuits, foreclosures and an 911 call. >> i'm honorary consul general so i have inviolability so, um, they should not be able to cross my property. >> who is she and why does she have such powerful friends? >> hiding in the sand and changing his appearance. now he's talking about his end game. you'll hear more from him. >>> think you're feeling pain at the pump? these jordanians are warning their king rising gas prices could cost him his throne. >>> warning, wanke, you may be driving too close to another car. >> oh, my gosh! >> new technology that could save lives on the road. >>> good morning to you. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining us this morning. more new details on jill kelley, the tampa socialite linked to a respected marine corps general and widening sex scandal. each day it seems more and more loik a bad reality tv show. we've seen kelley march in front of the cameras in a different brightly colored dress each day. now there are report that is her bay front m
." >>> florida socialite whose name keeps popping up in the wrong places. lawsuits, foreclosures and an 911 call. >> i'm honorary consul general so i have inviolability so, um, they should not be able to cross my property. >> who is she and why does she have such powerful friends? >> hiding in the sand and changing his appearance. now he's talking about his end game. you'll hear more from him. >>> think you're feeling pain at the pump? these jordanians...
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the family of a florida a.m. university drum major who died after the hazing ritual has rejected a settlement offer. attorney for robert champion's family says the unit's $300,000 offer is an insult. the family sued the university in july. you know the story, champion died a year ago after beaten on a bus after a football game. >>> health care reform is kicking in. the question is how will it affect you? we're digging deeper today on when parts of the plan go in to effect. ♪ . >>> ralph sacrificed more than his service to his country, he sacrificed his blood. ♪ >> my dad, ralph w. bingham was a veteran of the first world war, the big war. >> for that sacrifice, he was awarded our nation's oldest medal, the purple heart. >> he lost his right leg fighting in france and he received a purple heart for that. we had it for many years in my home where i grew up. >> unby knownst to us was lost in some manner in one of his moves later in his life. >> i found private ral ra ralph's medal. and some i have located for fa
the family of a florida a.m. university drum major who died after the hazing ritual has rejected a settlement offer. attorney for robert champion's family says the unit's $300,000 offer is an insult. the family sued the university in july. you know the story, champion died a year ago after beaten on a bus after a football game. >>> health care reform is kicking in. the question is how will it affect you? we're digging deeper today on when parts of the plan go in to effect. ♪ ....
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. >>> a partial recount in that heated razor-thin race for florida's district 18th congressional seat narrows the gap a bit between republican congressman allen west and democrat patrick murphy. but it isn't enough to trigger an automatic recount. murphy is still ahead by a margin of more than half a percent. west's campaign manager is vowing legal action. >>> a look at sports now. a nice run but the atlanta falcons are no longer the only undefeated team in the nfl. after winning their first eight games, the falcons fell to the new orleans saints sunday by a score of 31-27. new orleans quarterback drew brees tossed three touchdown passes as he led the saints to victory over atlanta. >>> alabama's run at another college football championship is in serious jeopardy after they were upset this weekend by texas a&m. that sent the previously unbeaten and perceived unbeatable crimson tide from number one to number four in the bcs standing. the shocking loss has kansas state and oregon on course to play in the national title game. >>> superstorm sandy no longer dominates the national headline
. >>> a partial recount in that heated razor-thin race for florida's district 18th congressional seat narrows the gap a bit between republican congressman allen west and democrat patrick murphy. but it isn't enough to trigger an automatic recount. murphy is still ahead by a margin of more than half a percent. west's campaign manager is vowing legal action. >>> a look at sports now. a nice run but the atlanta falcons are no longer the only undefeated team in the nfl. after...
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and we have just received this video, this is jill kelly leaving her family's home in tampa, florida, earlier this afternoon. let's turn to suzanne kelly, our cnn intelligence correspondent. suzanne, jill kelly went to the fbi sometime late last summer saying, she had gotten some harassing e-mails, how did those e-mails lead to the sexual affair that undid david petraeus? >> a government source who is familiar with the investigation confirms to cnn the fbi probe that led to that resignation of the director on friday was announced after jill kelly contacted them about e-mail she said she received and she thought was threatening. and it turned out to be from paula broadwell. the source says the e-mail was jealous in tone but did not know more about the content of it or if there was more than one e-mail. the source said kelly went to the fbi in tampa where she lives and despite living in tampa, capitol hill has been known to be on the washington social circuit. according to this government source who had actually met her at a washington party, ted. >> now, is there any suggestion that th
and we have just received this video, this is jill kelly leaving her family's home in tampa, florida, earlier this afternoon. let's turn to suzanne kelly, our cnn intelligence correspondent. suzanne, jill kelly went to the fbi sometime late last summer saying, she had gotten some harassing e-mails, how did those e-mails lead to the sexual affair that undid david petraeus? >> a government source who is familiar with the investigation confirms to cnn the fbi probe that led to that...
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the notion of seeing voters in line two, three, four hours, in florida i saw a woman today she was in line for five hours to cast her ballot. that is immoral, that's wrong, it's shameful. let people vote. we have four years to clean up the election process. let people vote. and for all you americans who stayed in line, thank you. >> it is pretty amazing. this is your state. >> and i can tell you i have had conversations with the governor, with the mayor of miami-dade, with the incoming speaker of the florida legislature, i think they are all very aware of the problems. look, i don't think it was an attempt at voter suppression, but i think it looked and smelled like voter suppression. and in politics perception is reality. i think it was bureaucratic ineptitude. >> look at the precincts. majority of precincts the wait was three, four, five hours. nonmajority precincts it was 15, 20 minutes. >> remember miami-dade minority precincts could be super cuban, super -- >> this is one of the reasons it has to get solved. it's started to effect everybody. while i believe it was targeted toward
the notion of seeing voters in line two, three, four hours, in florida i saw a woman today she was in line for five hours to cast her ballot. that is immoral, that's wrong, it's shameful. let people vote. we have four years to clean up the election process. let people vote. and for all you americans who stayed in line, thank you. >> it is pretty amazing. this is your state. >> and i can tell you i have had conversations with the governor, with the mayor of miami-dade, with the...
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what would the united states do if cuba were launching missiles into florida, you would retaliate. you know the language this has happened too many times in our past, the question is proportionalty. we understand your right to respond, as wrou respond plea u please don't let the situation spiral more out of control. there's the urgent short-term challenge which is why the president is reaching out to egypt, israel, turkey. and longer term challenges the president starts now moves into a second term, there will be more and more pressure for him to get actively involved in trying to turn down the temperature, try to recreate some sort of a peace process in the middle east at a time when he wants to move onto a second term, he'd like to turn his view of the world away from the middle east to asia and elsewhere and needs a new secretary of state. >> he needs a new secretary of state and since george mitchell left as his special envoy for the israeli/palestinian peace process, they've basically thrown their hands up in the air saying there's not much they can do. >> there's really no pr
what would the united states do if cuba were launching missiles into florida, you would retaliate. you know the language this has happened too many times in our past, the question is proportionalty. we understand your right to respond, as wrou respond plea u please don't let the situation spiral more out of control. there's the urgent short-term challenge which is why the president is reaching out to egypt, israel, turkey. and longer term challenges the president starts now moves into a second...
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. >> and in port st.lucie, florida, a high school senior with cerebral palsy walks in public for the first time. he was nominated for home coming king and he made his way down the football field to pick up his crown. the very happy day for the popular student who beat out other football players and popular kids for the honor. >> lisa, thank you. >> you're in "the situation room." happening now, new questions about the timeline of an affair that brought down a decorated cia chief. just how long was it going on? was national security ever at serious risk? plus, new insights in the lives of general david petreus and paula broadwell from someone who has known both of them personally for years and has communicated with them since the scandal broke. our own david gergen and paula broadwell in her own words. what she says about her relationship with the man she spent a year with on the front lines in afghanistan. we want to welcome our viewers from the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> an extramarital affair rocking washington, fuellin
. >> and in port st.lucie, florida, a high school senior with cerebral palsy walks in public for the first time. he was nominated for home coming king and he made his way down the football field to pick up his crown. the very happy day for the popular student who beat out other football players and popular kids for the honor. >> lisa, thank you. >> you're in "the situation room." happening now, new questions about the timeline of an affair that brought down a...